999 things we love about league

[Bomber]

121. The Queensland Cup
122. The Foley Shield (damn you Townsville!)
123. Canterbury 22 Newcastle 21 - last year at Energy Australia Stadium
124. North Queensland 14 Illawarra 10, April 30 1995
125. North Sydney Oval, with the huge fig tree and the crowd screaming 'Tooooooooole' everytime Adrian Toole got the ball

 

[roopy]

126. Watching Kurt Gidley develop from the first time he touched the ball for the Knights till his eventual Aussie debut.
127. Andrew Johns putting huge tackles on Martin Lang, Chris Beatty and Jason Stevens to turn around a game we were losing against Cronulla in 2001. It was the best defensive game by a halfback ever.
128. Chief taking the ball forward
129. Darren Albert's try saving tackle on Matt Seers in semi final 2001
130. A tackle done by big Dane Tilse in a reserve grade game this year. He picked a guy up and drove him back 15 metres, forcing him to spill the ball, which was picked up and a try to the Knights was scored.
131. Andrew Johns landing a kick from the sideline after only taking it back about 10 metres, just to show off.
132. Andrew Johns setting up Albert for the match winner in 97
133. Andrew Johns inventing the banana kick
134. Andrew Johns doing his swirling bombs at marathon when it seems there is no wind at ground level, but the ball floats around like a feather in the breeze because of the wind going over the stadium.
135. A try this year where Kurt Gidley did a Gidley no-look flick pass on to Matt Gidley, who did a Gidley no-look flick pass on to Craig Hall who put the ball down in the corner - there were heaps of defenders, but they needed two for every Gidley, so they didn't have enough.
136. Matt Gidley has the ball, the winger can't be stupid enough to come in on him, yes he can, try to Tahu (repeat that till every coach in the NRL has Knightmares about it).
137. Only four or five defenders between mad dog and the line from close out - TRY TIME

 

[Misty Bee]

90.coaching a bunch of ten year olds in their first season of league.
91.The smiles on their faces when they score a try or make a tackle they didnt think they could make.

ATTENTION ADMIN

PLEASE MAKE THIS NUMBER ONE. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE GAME IS ALL ABOUT!!!!!

Great thought, Biscuits!

 

[Moffo]

138. Halligan in the 98 Semi Final from the touch line against the slimy chokers

139. David Moffett

140. The untapped talent of Billy Slater, Benji Marshall and the like that we will be privileged to watch next year

Cheers,
Moffo

 

[The Colonel]

141. Watching the smiles on little kids faces when a player signs there jersey.

142. Watching the smiles on big kids faces when a player signs there jersey

143. Watching the little kids play at halftime.

144. Raper, Churchill, Fulton, Lewis, Langlands, Gasnier and Beetson

145. The ecstasy of winning and the agony of defeat. Keeps you coming back for more.

146. Last second wins.

147. Knowing there is always next year.....

 

[Misty Bee]

Point of order!!!

Any reference to Canterbury shuold be removed from this list.We are talking about the BEST things in RL, not the worst!

Maybe the only reference shuold be thus:

The 1980 Grand Final, and Steve Gearin's great try, in what was the last time Canterbury (fairly) won a comp!

84/85 - illegal shoulderpads
88- illegal thuggery on Ellery hanley
95 - broke salary cap (familiar???) 7th tackle try.

 

[The Colonel]

148. The emergence of new grand final legends - Luke Priddis and Scott Sattler

 

[salivor]

Unfortunatly misty, Canterbury still seem to have a few "fans".

149. Casey Maguire landing a great punch on Justin Hodges.
150. Carl Webbs try in Game 1 2001 for QLD.

 

[Bomber]

151. John Buttigieg's try in Game 1 2001 for Queensland
152. Paul Bowman making tackles with a broken ankle in Game 1 this year - the very embodiment of the Queensland spirit
153. Bowman's second try in Game 3 2001 - stepped right around Freddy Fittler to provide a good 'farewell' present for the retiring NSW skipper
154. Captain Charger

 

[salivor]

155. Friday night football.
156. Some of the big wins the Broncos have racked up over the years playing on sunny sunday afternoons.

 

[Misty Bee]

The great tales from yesteryear....

152. Frank Burge's 8 tries v University

153. The mighty Shoremen of 1921and 1922

154. Duncan Thompson copping a bullet in a lung at Bullecourt, and returning to become the greatest halfback of all time.

155. The 3rd Ashes test, 1930, and Chimpy Busch's 'no try'incident

156. Eric Weissell running 75 yards on a broken ankle toset up the winning try in the 1932 Ashes test in brisbane

157. Rorkes Drift

158. Bumber Farrell, Ray Stehr, Gerorge Treweek, Vic Armbruster and the tough men of yesteryear.

159. Dave Brown and those wonderful point scoring records. 35 tries in 1935, and 5 tries and 15 goals in one game (against Canterbury, Moffo!)

160. The Master. Herbert Henry Messenger

 

[CouldaBeenAnything]

153. Living in an AFL town and laughing at every fool who says AFL players are tough and take hard hits. I show them 5 minutes of any NRL game and they are speechless.

 

[Steven Gerrard]

154. Brett Mullins Try Against the Broncos in 1995 (Remember Kick, Bounce, Kick again, bounce, catch TRY).

155. Raiders 26 - 0 Win against the Broncos In Canberra.

 

[Moffo]

156. Parra choking in 2001 :lol:

157. Ewen McGrady winning the 1991 Dally M

158. 87,000 at the MCG for the first SOO down south

159. Hunter Mariners home ground in 1997 that was waterlogged (on purpose) for every game

160. Paul Carige :lol:

Cheers,
Moffo

 

[Bomber]

I think we're up to 173 now, so start from there, next poster!

 

[salivor]

173. Steve Renoufs amazing run of tries in the back end of the 1997 Super League season.

 

[EdBurton]

174. Bryan Fletcher showing pride in his Souths jumper and giving it his all, ALL GAME, EVERY GAME, dispite being in such a poor team.
175. The tackle of the millenium, Scott Sattler - You are the man.
176. Runner up for tackle of the millenium, Lincoln Withers on Matt Utai. Unbelievable.
177. Souths being someones BOGEY TEAM!!!!!!!! Sorry Tigers fans

 

[Moffo]

178. Mundine saying that he wasn't picked because of racism, when Artie was a selector :lol:

 

[salivor]

179. Mundine saying that he wasn't picked because of racism, when Wendell Sailor was in the team who is as black as they come :lol:

 

[Southernsaint]

180. Mundine scoring three tries & bringing the Saints home from an 8-0 half-time defeceit to defeat The Scum, who were hot favourites to win the first trophy in their history...

Cheers,
Ben S.